Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 28 — Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention
§ 1474. Federal intervention actions
Statutory text
Upon a determination under section 1472 of this title of a grave and imminent danger to the coastline or related interests of the United States, the Secretary may—
coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage;
directly or indirectly undertake the whole or any part of any salvage or other action he could require or direct under subsection (1) of this section; and
remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Intervention on the High Seas Act
Pub. L. 93–248 § 5 · [88 Stat. 8]
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1474
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 5, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–248, § 5, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. Upon a determination under section 3 of this Act of a grave 33 USC 1474. and imminent danger to the coastline or related interests of the United States, the Secretary may— (1) coordinate and direct all public and private efforts directed at the removal or elimination of the threatened pollution damage; (2) directly or indirectly undertake the whole or any part of any salvage or other action he could require or direct under subsection ( 1 ) of this section ; and (3) remove, and, if necessary, destroy the ship and cargo which is the source of the danger.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision